Principles of Social Psychiatry, 2nd Edition

Social psychiatry is concerned with the effects of the social
environment on the mental health of the individual, and with the
effects of the person with a mental disorder on his/her social
environment. The field encompasses social interventions, prevention
and the promotion of mental health. This new edition of
Principles of Social Psychiatry provides a broad overview of
current thinking in this expanding field and will be a source of
ideas both in research and for the management of mental disorder.
It opens by putting social psychiatry in perspective, within both
psychiatry and the social sciences. From the patient's perspective,
the outermost influence is the culture in which they live, followed
by their neighbourhoods, workmates, and friends and family. The
next section considers how we conceptualize the social world, from
families through cultural identify and ethnicity to the wider
social environment.

The book reviews the social determinants and consequences of the
major mental disorders before considering interventions and service
delivery at various levels to mitigate these. It closes with a
review of the social impact of mental illness around the world and
a thoughtful essay by the editors on the current state of social
psychiatry and where it is heading.

Dinesh Bhugra is Professor of Mental Health and Cultural
Diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. He is currently
President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, having previously
served as Dean. In May 2009, he was elected as an International
Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, in recognition of
having made significant and continued contributions to the field of
psychiatry. He has authored/co authored over 200 papers, 50
chapters and 14 books, the most recent volume being Culture and
Self-harm, Handbook of Psychiatry. He is editor of the
International Review of Psychiatry.

Craig Morgan is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of
Psychiatry, King's College London and Associate Member of the
Social Psychiatry Unit, University of Oxford. He has completed
higher degrees at the Universities of Oxford and London and his
research focuses on the impact of social and cultural factors on
the onset, course and outcome of mental disorders. He has authored
numerous academic papers and book chapters on these topics and has
co-edited a book on the relationship between the social environment
and serious mental disorder, Society and Psychosis. He is on
the editorial board of Psychological Medicine.

"This should be of interest not only to those in the mental health
professions who are committed to the practice and investigation of
social psychiatry but to all who are engaged in the mental health
system irrespective of their theoretical persuasions."
(Transcultural Psychiatry, July 2011)

"Since it is claimed that depression is the fourth most common
cause of health-related disability, there is a perceived need for
effective psychological interventions that can be delivered within
the community on a large scale. Low-cost ways of reducing the
financial and human burden of common mental disorders are
thoroughly explored in this book."(International Journal of
Social Psychiatry, 2011)

"The chapter by Dinesh Bhugra and Susham Gupta on culture and
its influence on diagnosis and management could be a useful
free-standing training manual for mental health professionals
working in a cross-cultural or multicultural setting"
(International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2011)

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